Inspiration – Public Broadcasting Service Logo Facts, Meaning, History & PNG

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Public Broadcasting Service logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG

  • Download PNG Public Broadcasting Service Logo PNG Although the Public Broadcasting Service has gone trough a succession of logotypes, in fact, almost all of them have been built around the so-called P-Head.
  • The most distinctive of its four logos was probably the one with a stylized depiction of a house.
  • 1970 – 1971 The first Public Broadcasting Service logo introduced after the service adopted its current name (1970) was just a wordmark in red, yellow, and blue on a black background.
  • The design featured the letter “P” resembling a human face, while the shape of the letters “B” and “S” was almost regular.
  • In the 1998 version, the logo was placed inside a black circle.
  • The 2002 redesign resulted in altered proportions.
  • 1998 – 2002 The logo, designed for Public Broadcasting Service in 1998, was based on the previous version but extended.
  • The monochrome emblem got placed on a solid black circle and accompanied by a “PBS” lettering, executed in a modern gravimetric serif typeface and set on its right.
  • 2009 – 2019 2019 – Today The redesign of the 2019 balanced emblem and lettering in terms of size and switched the color palette of the monochrome logo to bright blue and white, these all-black elements are now colored electric blue, which makes the whole image brighter and evokes a sense of reliability and competence.
  • Another thing that was changed in 2019 is the typeface of the wordmark, and now the PBS lettering is executed in a clean and simple sans-serif.
  • Font Although the company states its official typeface is PBS Explorer, the logotype actually features a different font.
  • The logo font is a perfectly legible serif type with slightly unusual serifs, while PBS Explorer is a sans serif type.
  • The current logo font was designed by Chermayeff & Geismar specifically for PBS in 1984.
  • Color While some of the earlier versions included lively colors, the current Public Broadcasting Service logo comprises the white symbol on the black background.

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